Support-bargaining, economics and society : a social species / Patrick Spread.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spread, Patrick, 1944-

Series:

Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 165.

Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 165

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mutualism.

Negotiation.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

xix, 295 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Summary:

Spread (PhD, London Business School, England) presents a broad theory of societal evolution that incorporates a theory of "support-bargaining" into Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. By incorporating support-bargaining--i.e., seeking the support of others in order to increase personal security--he aims to explain the formation of groups and, ultimately, society and its economic institutions. Chapters discuss the role of support-bargaining in natural selection, the origins of power elites and pluralist democracy, sexual selection and kinship, support-bargaining and social Darwinism, money-bargaining and the evolution of economies, and the significance of social symmetries. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The problem with natural selection

Natural selection and support-bargaining

Power and hierarchy

Power elites and pluralist democracy

Sexual selection and kinship

The evidence for support-bargaining

Theory making and social darwinism

Common theory and personification

Money-bargaining and the evolution of economies

Social symmetries

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415641128

0415641128

9780203081228

0203081226

OCLC:

794041124